by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
Ne choču ja smerti ždat'
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ne choču ja smerti ždat', Ždat' do starosti postyloj, Umirat' — tak umirat' Ot noža, v glazach u miloj! Stanet vdrug ona togda Govorit' — o čëm molčala, Celovat' — kak nikogda Do togo ne celovala!
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Text Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Ещё из народной песни", written 1858-1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Grigory Andreyevich Lishin (1854 - 1888), "Не хочу я смерти ждать" [sung text not yet checked]
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